Poa! internet is the fastest growing and highly innovative ISP in Kenya. The company was founded in 2014 with a vision to provide internet in every home in Africa. At poa! We believe by empowering people, we can actively drive digital inclusion in these markets. We deploy a cost-effective internet service in Kenya, with the aim of providing affordable access to content and Internet to low-income members of society.

We are growing very fast to cover the rest of Kenya and eventually Africa. It is envisaged that the success of the business will grow to over 150 networks across East Africa. It is from this background that we seek prospective candidates to fill the role of a Quality Assurance Manager in our Product Division.

At Poa, we pride ourselves on being a values-driven company, and we love working with values-driven employees. Poa's vision is “Internet in every home in Africa”. To achieve this vision, we live by our values, captured in the acronym, We CONNECT. At Poa, we: Create a better world for the people we serve, Open our eyes to problems and opportunities, Never stop learning never stop moving forward, Name it, own it , solve it, Engage with the bigger picture even in details, Care about each other and Tujienjoy kazini.

Overall Responsibility:

To create clear and comprehensive release and deployment management plans by building, installing, testing and deploying Release Packages efficiently, successfully and on schedule.​

Location:

Nairobi

Role Responsibilities:

1. Deployment management of deliverables to the test environment, particularly guaranteeing that the external dependent items are available during the test runtime and live.
2. Ensure that requirements are clear across dependent project streams with an effective release.
3. Maintain release schedules for every core service and ensuring they aligns with major vendors and other stakeholders.
4. Ensure that releases operate as per expectations and bugs/issues per release are tracked.
5. Work with Product management to create release guidelines to distribute across poa! internet.
6. Measure and monitor the progress of releases after deployment.
7. Manage the Quality Assurance team to ensure work prioritization and output.
8. Provide weekly updates on release activities.

Academic & Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering (or similar) OR equivalent relevant professional experience and education.
   
2. At least 3 years of experience in IT Quality Assurance and Release Management.
3. At least 2 years of experience working in project management and team management

Key Competencies required for the role:

1. Knowledge of Continuous Delivery and Continuous Integration (CD/CI) pipelines.
2. Ability to use application-release automation (ARA) tools.
3. Experience analyzing requirements, developing test approaches, writing comprehensive test plans and test cases, and preparing test data for data testing.
4. Skilled in the design, development and implementation of processes and procedures that drive standardized management of application life-cycle activities.
5. Experience applying Agile methodology to develop and execute application test plans including continuous integration and test-driven development.
6. An understanding of quality assurance test methodologies, deliverables, processes, strategies, techniques and the software development life cycle (SDLC).
7. Ability to conduct needs analysis using requirements for various business processes, including information flow, reporting and applications for defined functional area; ability to document using standard terminology and formatting.
8. Knowledge and experience with JIRA for tracking of issues and tasks.
9. Experience in managing and developing a Quality Assurance team.
10. Demonstrated experience with testing at various phases of life-cycle (unit, integration, system, acceptance, regression) and test efficiencies (performance, stress, capacity).

What’s In It for You?

1. A competitive monthly salary.
2. Additional company benefits: Medical cover, airtime allowance, home internet allowance and an annual training allowance.
3. Career growth opportunities in a rapidly expanding company.
4. Exciting work environment and culture with a dynamic, supportive team.

"We encourage Women and Persons with Disability (PWD) to apply"